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Eurotrip

Hello, I am planning to travel around Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, and Netherlands for one month. I will be travelling from Egypt, I would appreciate if someone could tell me the order of countries I should visit.
The cities I would like to see are
Rome-Milan (Italy) 8 days
Barcelona-Ibiza-Madrid (Spain) 11 days
Paris (France) 5 days
Brussels (Belgium) 3 days
Amsterdam (Netherlands) 3 days
So what's is the best order travelling from Egypt and going back there.
Thanks in advance

If traveling that much on trains check out various railpasses or a series of discounted tickets from national rail web sites but those tickets are sold in limited numbers on each train and thus must be bought weeks or months in advance to get and then typically are non-changeable, non-refundable.

First of all, look at a map of Europe. There are some on the Internet, so you don't have to buy one at this stage.

Decide where you are going to fly into and out of. That should be two different cities, to avoid backtracking. They call it open-jaw.

Some of your chosen cities are close, like Brussels and Amsterdam, so you could easily take a train between them. There is also a high-speed train from Paris to Amsterdam.

Other places are farther apart and you may save time by flying between them. Some low-cost airlines are really cheap, but you need to look carefully at their rules. Sometimes checking a bag can cost more than the actual ticket. And sometimes the airport is outside the city and there can be a high additional cost for the transfer.

What time of year are you travelling? Spain and Italy will be very hot during July and August, but maybe you are used to heat.

From Milan, I would fly to one of the cities in Spain, maybe Barcelona. You can find cheap flights on www.skyscanner.net .

From Spain, I would fly to Paris.

From Paris, take the train to Brussels. You can find tickets on www.sncfr.fr . There are also good advance purchase discounts on that site.

There are frequent trains from Brussels to Amsterdam. I've never bought tickets on the Belgian rail site, but it seems you could get e-tickets on https://www.b-europe.com . Try to get a direct train, not one with lots of changes.